Chris Wilson Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 Well, he'll be sending a photo of it with tomorrows daily paper in front of it if I get it I take your point though CJ, especially from a fellow Welshman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 I take your point though CJ, especially from a fellow Welshman How long have you been welsh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 How long have you been welsh? The vendor is in Swansea, to make matters worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 The vendor is in Swansea, to make matters worse Well, that's another anomaly. Pontypool is in the county of Gwent and nowhere near Gwynedd - and certainly not close to Swansea either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 id ring them and ask first before parting with that amount of money If it's new, real, and goes to me for 900 quid I am ecstatic. I agree with many here though, it's fishy. You have noticed it's petrol engined, not electric? As such it's a bit specialised. I don't have 3 phase here, so I have to work around this for certain equipment, and I am *issed off with a 3hp compressor, having been used to at least a 10HP before we moved into Backofbeyond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 For the older folks here and in my best Monty Python singing voice: "Scam, scam, scam, scam - Scam...lovely Scam" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 The vendor is in Swansea, to make matters worse Ah! The seller is Welsh...not you. Right. I thought for a minute there you'd classified yourself living a mere 5 miles from the border as being Welsh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 Well, just before the end of the auction I got this Ebay reply to my question re fuel. Why would someone from Wales call petrol "gas"? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ hello, we have only this one now but we can supply more.It runs on regular gas. How many would you need?We'll set the price after. Kind Regards =================================================== How many of these do you have please? I assume it runs on regular UK diesel? Or is it petrol? Do you have a buy it now price? Thanks. "eBay Member: newbury_house" wrote: eBay sent this message to Ian Gough (igoughi). Your registered name is included to show this message originated from eBay. Learn more. Your question from an eBay member Do not respond to the sender if this message requests that you complete the transaction outside of eBay. This type of offer is against eBay policy, may be fraudulent, and is not covered by buyer protection programs. Learn More. Dear igoughi, Can you phone me on 07971-952084 re this compressor please. Is it in the UK now? Thanks. newbury_house ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The seller has an e-mail address; [email protected] What happens now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Regular Gas. Nice. I agree with CJ. It's a 14 year old in the US somewhere trying to rob you blind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 Thanks for the advice, guess you were right, no further reply from the seller, and what I think is a fake Ebay sent letter as the earlier reply. I bought another one, not as big, not new, but not fake and the seller seems a genuinely nice guy. Do I bother telling Ebay about the fake sale? Sounds like a load of hassle to no end to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 It's worth reporting, but they will say you need to leave it for so long, and why do you think it's a con etc. etc. The account will be removed then the scammer will open up a new one. This is the problem with eBay, it's full of jokers like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 Life's too short, I'll just forget it. Cheers Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 http://www.costco.co.uk/Depts&Servs_main/Depts_servs/Hardwares/hardwares.htm I was in Costco today and rememberd this thread, the unit shown in the photo on the left (big unit) is 3hp while the smaller unit on the right is 2hp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted November 20, 2007 Author Share Posted November 20, 2007 Thanks Peter. Thought it was a funny place to find petrol engined compressors in multi horsepower sizes. I managed to find a legit seller on Ebay and should have something by the weekend that will do the job. Cheers mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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